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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 70

Relinquishment

Pilot Officer John Godfray McINTYRE is permitted to relinquish his commission. Dated 1st August, 1943.

MEDICAL BRANCH

Appointment

NZ 1884 Noel Hunter NORTH, M.B., Ch.B. (Major, N.Z.M.C.), is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Squadron Leader, with seniority as from 21st August, 1942. Dated 26th July, 1943.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH, SECTION II (A.T.C.)

Appointments

The undermentioned are granted Air Training Corps commissions in the rank of Pilot Officer :-

Dated 14th July, 1943 : William Blyth WILLIAMSON.
Dated 16th July, 1943 : Robert KELLEHER.
Dated 17th July, 1943 : Leslie Ohio Mercer BROWN.

Promotions

The undermentioned Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants :-

Dated 1st May, 1943 : John Anthony CARR, D.S.C.
Dated 1st June, 1943 : Basil Arthur KINGAN.

Dated 1st August, 1943—
Robert Douglas BROWN. Edward Broughton LATTEY.
Roy Dillon Shepherd KEMP.

Flying Officer Ernest Belton TUSTIN to be Acting Flight Lieutenant. Dated 1st August, 1943.

The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers :-

Dated 30th May, 1943 : Henry Neville POUNTNEY.

Dated 1st June, 1943—
John Neville COBB. Carleton Hunter PERKINS.
Andrew Courtenay GRAY. Francis Howard Beare PAUL.

Dated 1st July, 1943—
James Alexander MACDONALD.
John Rowland MARKS.
Joseph Stanley SMITH, M.M.
John Oxley KIDSON.

Dated 15th July, 1943—
Warwick Gordon MACE. Frederick MARSHALL.
Harold Cecil HOLLAND. Charles Henry TAYLOR.

Dated 20th July, 1943 : Alphonsus TARLETON.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, and Relinquishment of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

Air Department,
Wellington, 20th August, 1943.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointments, promotions, transfers, and relinquishment of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force :-

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH

Appointments

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in the rank of Pilot Officer :-

AS PILOTS

Dated 25th May, 1943—
NZ 414602 Flight Sergeant Alan Alfred DRAY.

Dated 6th June, 1943—
NZ 416136 Flight Sergeant John Adam MARSON.

Dated 30th June, 1943—
NZ 414973 Flight Sergeant Edward William GARNETT.

AS NAVIGATORS

Dated 17th April, 1943—
NZ 401238 Warrant Officer Charles Peter WHITE.

Dated 14th June, 1943—
NZ 41940 Flight Sergeant Murray Stephen ROBERTS.

AS AIR GUNNERS

Dated 9th May, 1943—
NZ 411740 Flight Sergeant John William Micheal COLBERT, D.F.M.

Dated 6th July, 1943—
NZ 405487 Flight Sergeant William Leonard HARVEY, D.F.M.

Promotions

Flying Officer Peter Stanley Voss to be Flight Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 24th May, 1943.

Flying Officer George Munro BERTRAM to be Acting Flight Lieutenant (paid). Dated 1st August, 1943.

The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.) :-

Dated 5th December, 1942 : Donald George Thomas HILLS.
Dated 6th January, 1943 : Hohepa Mete MEHA.
Dated 28th February, 1943 : Alwyne James GALVIN.
Dated 11th March, 1943 : Edwin Roy ELLIOTT.
Dated 12th March, 1943 : George Steele COSGRAVE.
Dated 12th April, 1943 : Ronald KRISSANSEN.

Dated 18th May, 1943—
William John Muir Low BARCLAY, D.F.C., D.F.M.
Andrew John MÖLLER, D.F.M.

Dated 19th May, 1943 : John Alexander McDERMOTT.

Dated 20th May, 1943—
Alfred Thomas DANCE. Edward Te Keu BENNETT.

Dated 23rd May, 1943 : Major William EADE.
Dated 25th May, 1943 : Lawrence Peter JORDAN.
Dated 26th May, 1943 : Reynolds Bruce HENDRY.
Dated 2nd June, 1943 : Douglas Loftus JONES.

Dated 5th June, 1943—
Leslie Colin WOODHEAD. Louis Basil FOX.

Dated 9th June, 1943 : Gordon Albert WILLIAMS, D.F.M.

Dated 19th June, 1943—
Peter Franklin ROBERTSON. Alan Mehaffey BOYES.
James McINTOSH. Manson Harry BARRACLOUGH.
Alfred Terence ROYLANCE. Peter Charles ALBRECHT.
Thomas Philip SHAND. Gordon Vincent BUICK.
Thomas George MURPHY. Rex Bruce GOODCHAP.
Victor Alfred SLACK. Keith Howard LAWRY.
Vincent Eric Wyles INDER. Walter Gordon JACOBS.
Arthur Charles JONES. Oscar Camille MILLER.
Henry Darcy COPPERSMITH. William Leslie MORRISON.
Samuel MILLS.

Dated 20th June, 1943 : Errol Mervyn GREAVES, D.F.C.

Dated 21st June, 1943—
Jack TAYLOR.
John Alfred WARING.
Charles Francis Howard MANSFIELD.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION I

Promotions

The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.) :-

Dated 10th June, 1943 : Acting Flying Officer Harold William JOHNSON.

Dated 8th August, 1943 : Ian Eastwood ALLAN.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II

Promotions

The undermentioned Pilot Officers (on prob.) are confirmed in their rank and are granted the temporary rank of Flying Officer. Dated 26th May, 1943 :-

John Edward Stephen FITZGERALD.
Edward James PALMER.

The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.) :-

Dated 10th June, 1943 : Edwin Robert DARZIEL.
Dated 16th June, 1943 : Acting Flying Officer Walter Andrew CHANDLER, B.E.M.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH

Promotions

Pilot Officer (on prob.) Francis Dudley PERKINS is confirmed in his rank and granted the temporary rank of Flying Officer. Dated 5th May, 1943.

The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.). Dated 2nd June, 1943 :-

Patrick Francis DWAN. George Alexander MACGREGOR.
Noble Howard COZENS. John Alexander THORBURN.
John William DOUGLAS. Robert Erskine TOLHURST.
Colin CRICHTON. Gordon Thompson PETTIGREW.
Somers William COX. Norris Yeoman SMITH.
Richard Clifford KING. Hirini Te Kani FERRIS.
Adam Alexander McCORKINDALE.

Transfers

The undermentioned officers are transferred from the General Duties Branch to the Administrative and Special Duties Branch in their present rank and seniority. Dated 1st August, 1943 :-

Flying Officer Harold Edward Peart WILSON.
Pilot Officer Archibald Scott Ritchie MACALISTER.
Pilot Officer Charles Geoffrey TULLY.

MEDICAL BRANCH

Appointments

The undermentioned officers of the New Zealand Medical Corps are granted temporary commissions in the rank of Flying Officer. Dated 7th July, 1943 :-

NZ 1902 Irwin Bruce FARIS, M.B., Ch.B. (with seniority as from 10th December, 1942).
NZ 1903 Roland Arnold RODDA, M.B., Ch.B.
NZ 1904 Thomas Ritchie ANDERSON, M.B., Ch.B.
NZ 1905 John Colin BAIRD, M.B., Ch.B.
NZ 1906 John Clarke MCNEUR, M.B., Ch.B.
NZ 1907 Robert Thomson SUTHERLAND, M.B., Ch.B.
NZ 1908 Richard Ewart RAWSTRON, M.B., Ch.B.

CHAPLAINS BRANCH

Appointment

NZ 1909 The Rev. Alexander SALMOND, M.A., is granted a temporary commission as Chaplain in the relative rank of Flight Lieutenant. Dated 7th September, 1943.